During a recent episode, the cameras captured footage of an appearance by Phelps at a golf event in China. Apparently, in the Far East — or at least at this particular event — some overeager fans were clearly unaware that it isn’t appropriate to scoop up a player’s golf ball off the course during play.

Jeez, that has to be frustrating, right? But it looks like Phelps managed to maintain his sense of humor about the situation, having a bit of a chuckle about it.

It certainly seems that thanks to Haney’s instruction, Michael Phelps’ golf game is slowly evolving — and it sure looked like he had some adequate skills on the course before going under Haney’s wing — all he needs is for fans to stop picking up his darn ball, for Pete’s sake.